Rise from the sword

Chapter 138 Surround!
Twin Horse Village.

early morning.

The door of the gun tower was opened, and amidst the creaking sound, the wooden suspension bridge was slowly lowered.

Along the suspension bridge, a group of about ten devil soldiers carried the [-] cover with bayonets inserted, and led a military dog, walked out from the door, passed the ditch, and planned to walk towards the road, but these ten devils were in the middle of the road. They stopped outside the trench, and among them, the leading devil looked at the gun tower.

On the top of the gun tower, a few devils held binoculars and looked around vigilantly.

The woods, haystacks, and rocks that could hide people within one kilometer of the surrounding area were all cleared. Under the early morning sun, standing on the top of the 20-meter-high gun tower, there were no dead ends around. For safety, several devils still looked around several times.

On the left is Shuangma Village, which is one kilometer away from the gun tower. There is a newly built dirt road in the middle. On the right is the intersection of horse roads. Blood can still be seen on the ground. After discovering the result, after 1 minute, a devil observed that his hand waved a chess piece, which meant that the surroundings were safe.

In front of the trench, the ghost patrol team stopped and waited before moving on.

After walking a few steps, the military dog ​​sniffed the ground with its nose up, its nose twitched, and its front paws scratched the ground.

"There is a situation."

The devil who leads the army dog ​​has a sharp tone.

Immediately, the devils behind him stopped in their tracks, and even those in front took a few steps back. Among them, the devil sergeant with a plaster flag came up, looked at the spot where the military dog ​​was warning, and the corner of his eye twitched. Challenging, with a bad tone:
"Baga, isn't this the place where the guerrillas laid the mines yesterday?"

After finishing speaking, the Devil Sergeant stared at the military dog ​​with the same unkind eyes.

Yesterday, also in his unit, here, one of his soldiers was seriously injured by a landmine planted by the guerrillas. Even if he survived, he would be disabled for life. However, this stupid military dog ​​did not find the landmine at that time.

Is there a fart for warning now?
Also, maybe he smelled the blood from yesterday.

"Cao Chang, something is wrong here."

The ghost soldier who was in charge of feeding and training the military dogs looked carefully at the ground and said solemnly, "The soil on the ground seems to have been turned over, and it is a little different from yesterday."

learn from mistakes.

After yesterday's lesson, the patrolling ghost soldiers observed the ground more carefully.

However, because the gun tower was built not long ago, the nearby soil is very fresh, and there was an explosion yesterday, and the ground has just been renovated and filled, plus Wang Gensheng's mine-burying technology, it is difficult for ordinary people to directly observe the difference.

But this devil was the person who was responsible for removing the blood and burying it yesterday, so he still noticed something strange.

"Mr. Xiaohe."

Although Juncao still didn't believe it, he still called the bomber.

At this time, he thought in his heart, if there is no problem here, he will stew the dog at night, it is useless anyway, why keep it?Then go to Shou County to drop a new dog and come here.

"Hi!"

At the back of the team, a devil put down the [-] cap in his hand, took out a shovel, walked to the place where the military dogs were guarding, and carefully began to dig the soil.

The fresh soil was dug up quickly, and there were dried blood stains in the inner soil, which were left by the Japanese soldiers who were bombed yesterday. The black blood stains were mixed in the yellow soil unique to Shanxi, which was very conspicuous. , This made the Devil Army Cao look even more unkind.

Sergeant Cao felt that this was scratching his wound.

This morning, he was scolded by the team leader for 10 minutes for losing one person.

"The grenade is a grenade from the Eighth Route Army."

The irregular shells made by local methods in the border area made the devils recognize the origin of the grenade in the first place.

"Drain."

Devil Juncao's face was as black as the bottom of a pot.

Apart from rejoicing in his heart, he was even more angry.

Did the Eighth Route Army look down on people too much?Landmines were planted twice in a row at the same place. Do you really think the imperial army is a fool?
The bomb discharge devil didn't speak, but held his breath, knelt on the ground, and concentrated on untying the fuse of the grenade. His movements were meticulous, and beads of sweat slowly dripped from his forehead.

The person who planted this grenade is a master, a master of mine traps. The fuse is set extremely insidiously, and it will be detonated if you don't pay attention.

The devils around also noticed this, they all backed away a lot without saying a word.

Fortunately, the devil's platooner is also a veteran with rich experience, and he successfully removed the grenade fuse.

"no problem."

Holding the discus warhead and slowly lifting the grenade, the devil's bomber finally showed a smile.

Seeing this, the surrounding devils also breathed a sigh of relief.

However, as soon as the grenade went up, the bomb discharge devil found that there was actually a grenade stuck in the bottom flank. Lianhuan Lei, I didn't pay much attention to the side,

At this time, the lead wire of the grenade, which was shortened to the limit, has been pulled away, and it is smoking...
"small···"

The grenade exploded before the words could be spoken, and even before the bomb discharge devil had time to turn his smile into panic.

boom····

Gunpowder smoke burst out, accompanied by mud and blood.

Although the construction in the border area was complained by Li Datuan, it was often exploded into two halves, the power is small, far inferior to the devil's melon grenade, but black powder is also gunpowder, and the explosive power of forty grams of black powder is still good, and, at such a short distance, Still squatting, the devil who discharged the bomb was killed on the spot, and he was stuck in his forehead by a huge shrapnel. He couldn't die anymore.

The devils behind were all safe and sound because of the distance.

Facing the explosion, driven by instinct, the group of devils all fell down.

"idiot···"

Immediately after the explosion wave, the devil soldier hurriedly got up, and saw the bloody bomb discharge devil lying on the ground, with a deep shrapnel stuck in his forehead. He looked like he was bound to die, and his eyes were tearing apart .

The sound of the explosion also made the inside of the gun tower jump up and down, and the machine gunners and ammunitionists were in place one after another.

Fortunately, there was no movement in the follow-up, and there was no expected attack by the Eighth Route Army, and the devils did not find the second landmine after intensive investigation.

soon.

The artillery building in Shuangma Village encountered a landmine at the entrance, and the news of the loss of one person was reported to the Shou County Devil Command.

After hearing the news, Koizumi Tazawa couldn't tell for a long time that he didn't get angry immediately this time, and he fell into silence for a long time.

In the same place, at the same time, with the same method, the same imperial army unit, and the same commander made the same mistake twice in a row, losing two imperial warriors in a row, and only one day apart.

The blood from the previous day hadn't dried yet.

waste!

The disgrace of the Imperial Army.

"Who is the sergeant of the patrol? Remove him!"

After a long silence, Koizumi Tazawa ordered in a sinister tone: "Let him be the platooner."

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"Devil, is this still clearing mines?"

"Why did you send a sub-team leader out to clear the mines?"

"what's the situation?"

In the afternoon, Zhang Dabiao took a battalion of 300 soldiers and more than 1000 militia fighters, a total of [-] people, to Shuangma Village to attract the devils from Shou County.

Before the arrival of the large troops, he and Wang Gensheng went ahead and watched secretly from a distance of several kilometers.

Zhang Dabiao saw that a devil carrying a plaster flag was groping repeatedly with a mine detector, and the lonely person looked very pitiful.

The devil soldier with the plaster flag is usually the team leader, and the plaster flag on the battlefield is the center of the battle of a small team of devils.Other devils would never put plaster flags on their guns.

"do not know."

Wang Gensheng pouted.

How does he know.

In the past two days, he had planted a total of two landmines, and the grenades were modified, even made in the border area. Although the fuze of this thing has been improved recently, it will not explode, but the problem of low power is still not resolved.

"See if there are ghost soldiers ambushing around."

Looking around from the top of the mountain, Zhang Dabiao, who found nothing unusual, said.

"Row!"

Wang Gensheng nodded, and he disappeared into the mountain road.

Zhang Dabiao also walked in the opposite direction.

About an hour later, the two met at the same place. After a conversation, they confirmed that the devil had not set up an ambush, and then decided to continue with the original plan.

Before leaving, Zhang Dabiao discovered that the devil soldier Cao was still carrying a minesweeper, searching for mines that did not exist over and over again.

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In the afternoon, Shuangma Village, the Second Battalion, and more than 300 people supporting the militiamen rushed to the devil's gun tower in a mighty manner. After a distance of nearly one kilometer, the militiamen and firepower companies were stationed on the spot to build positions. The remaining hundreds of people They dispersed directly and launched a group charge towards the devil's gun tower.

"Enemy attack..."

"Enemy attack..."

The observation post immediately spotted the second battalion rushing forward without any cover.

The area of ​​one kilometer around the blockhouse in Shuangma Village was cleared, and it was daytime again, and the devils on the top of the blockhouse could even judge the number of enemies.

There were more than 300 men attacking at once, and many more took up positions in the distance.

boom boom boom

The mortar fired first, and the explosion exploded around the gun tower, slightly covering the devil's shooting range. Accompanied by the loud charge, more than 400 people from the second battalion launched a group charge towards Shuangma Village from all directions, and they were already close to the gun tower [-] meters away. meters distance.

"Counterattack."

"Full firepower."

"Quickly notify Lieutenant Commander Koizumi that the Eighth Route Army has launched an attack on our artillery building with more than 1000 troops."

The devil commander on the turret didn't panic at all, and calmly ordered.

This situation was expected.

Three heavy machine guns and nearly ten light machine guns appeared from the firing holes, and dense bullets spread down.

As if frightened by the sudden dense firepower, as if they had not expected such ferocious firepower from the gun tower, the attack of the Eighth Route Army came and went quickly, and more than 300 people retreated hastily.

However, within 10 minutes, the second wave of attack was launched again. This time the troops were more scattered and the number of people was larger. The artillery positions already established in the distance also launched continuous shelling. The power of the cannon is too weak for the gun tower, and has no effect on the devils in the gun tower.

The lookout post on the top of the Devils Tower can still see the Eighth Route Army in the distance digging bunkers and establishing a solid position.

"Inform Captain Koizumi that the Eighth Route Army has launched group charges many times in an attempt to consume our ammunition, and is building a solid position around our gun tower."

The squad leader of the garrison continued to report the order call to the Shou County Devils Command.

Facing the firepower of three heavy machine guns and nearly ten light machine guns, coupled with the fact that the terrain of the gun tower is too easy to defend and difficult to attack, the second wave of attack still ended without a problem, so they had no choice but to retreat.

But before the devils had time to be happy, the third wave of attacks began to arrive.

However, the phone line was cut off as soon as the defenders sent the news to the Shou County Command.

"Enable Alternate Line."

The devil squad leader ordered.

Two lines, one is more hidden than the other, and the other is buried deeper than the other.

"The secret line was also cut."

Seeing the Eighth Route Army retreating suddenly before approaching the gun tower in the distance, and hearing the devil's words in the communication, the leader of the devil's subdivision vaguely felt something was wrong.

Although the Eighth Route Army had just launched three waves of charges, each time there was heavy thunder and little rain, and they retreated more than 200 meters away from the gun tower. The casualties were extremely low, and they did not consume much ammunition.

This kind of attack is meaningless.

So, why did the Eighth Route Army do such a thing?

Also, his two phone lines were cut off at the same time, which is very unusual.

However, after looking around at the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment that had already surrounded the gun tower, the captain of the garrison devil could only wait.

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"Shuangma village gun tower reported that it was attacked by 1000 people from the Eighth Route Army. The enemy directly launched a group charge. The offensive was fierce and supported by mortar fire."

"Shuangma village gun tower reports that the first wave of the Eighth Route Army's attack has been repelled."

"Shuangma village gun tower reported that the enemy launched a second wave of attacks. It was still a group charge, and mortar fire was still used to cover it. The Eighth Route Army's intention seemed to be to consume our ammunition with human lives."

In Shouxian County, Koizumi Duozawa heard all these reports, and immediately smiled and said confidently, "Yo Xi, the Eighth Route Army is indeed here."

The staff officer on the side also nodded frequently, expressing approval.

There have been many group charges, with more than a thousand people. The Eighth Route Army has dispatched it, and it has also used mortar fire to cover it. This shows that the Eighth Route Army is determined to win the Shuangma Village gun tower, and it will take it at all costs.

Then Koizumi Taze frowned and said in a puzzled tone, "However, why did the Eighth Route Army dispatch during the day?"

In his prediction, the artillery tower should be attacked at night, which can reduce the empire's firepower advantage to the greatest extent.

"Order the first mobile brigade to assemble."

Koizumi Tazawa ordered.

However, he did not order the troops to leave immediately.After all, Shuangma Village has already strengthened its defenses, and it is daytime, even with 1000 people, it is difficult to break through the firepower net of the gun tower in a short time.

Soon the news came again.

"Shuangma village gun tower reported that the enemy's second wave of attack had been repulsed, but the enemy did not retreat, but built strong bunkers and positions around the gun tower."

"Report from the gun tower of Shuangma Village, the enemy has launched a third wave of group charges..."

"Our side has lost contact with the Shuangma village gunhouse, and it is judged that the Eighth Route Army has cut off two communication and telephone lines."

Koizumi Tazawa frowned at the new news, and immediately ordered the troops to set off.

"The First Mobile Battalion supports Shuangma Village, and the cavalry squadron is on guard."

However, he was still very vigilant and asked the cavalry squadron to spread out and scout along the way to prevent ambushes.

　happy new year~~~~
　　
　
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